First of three suspects in rape of 12-year-old arrested

One of the suspects in the rape of a 12-year-old Buffalo girl two months ago has been arrested, Buffalo police reported Wednesday night.

Derrick D. Young Jr., 19, of Adams Street, was taken into custody early Wednesday morning by Police Officers Keith Fitzner and Brian Griffin. He was being held on charges of second-degree rape and forcible touching.

The girl’s mother told police that three males, two of them juveniles, forced her daughter into a basement in the first block of Hazelwood Avenue between 8 and 9 p.m. on Jan. 19 and raped her, according to a police report.